Ladies and gentlemen, my name again is Dr.

Ignacio Nunez, and as chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Arlington, I hereby call this regularly noticed meeting of the City of Arlington's Planning and Zoning Commission regular session to order for December the 3rd, 2025.

At this time, I'll ask our administration to read the speaker guidelines and general decorum.

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The applicant will be asked to speak first and will be given 10 minutes to make a presentation.

Speakers in support or opposition of the item will each be given uh excuse me two minutes each to make their statements.

If there are many speakers for an item, each speaker will be given two minutes to make their statements.

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Thank you very much.

First item of business is a copy of the minutes of our November the 12th, 2025 regular session agenda meeting.

We're sent to all the commissioners in advance.

Were there any changes or corrections needed to these minutes?

Saying none, I have a motion to approve by Commissioner Ware and a second by Commissioner Finlay.

Please cast your vote.

Motion passes 8 to nothing.

Tonight we have three zoning cases on the agenda.

The first item is PD 24-27, addressed at approximately 301 East Randall Mill Road.

This is an application for approval of a change in zoning from entertainment district overlay, residential, single family, to plan development for residential, medium density, RM12, with a development plan on approximately a quarter of an acre.

This time I'll call on our staff to present its report on PD 24 7.

Good evening, Commissioners and everyone present here tonight.

For the record, Tarani Devi Palma, principal planner with the planning and development services here to present PD 24-27.

This is a property thus located on Randall Mill Road, specifically 301 East Randall Mill Road.

The subject properties, approximately 0.23 acres, and the properties currently zoned RS 7.2, which is residential single family 7.2.

It is in the entertainment district overlay.

And the request is from the applicant to change it to a planned development for entertainment district overlay with residential medium density.

That's RM12 uses with the development plan for townhomes.

This is the site of the subject property, and the subject property was annexed into the city of Arlington in 1958, and the structure is currently wakened.

Looking at the zoning map, the adjacent properties to the east and south are zoned EDO OC, which is office commercial, and they're developed with commercial uses.

And the properties to the west and north are zoned EDORS 7.2, which is single family 7.2, and to the property to the west is a single family home, and to the north is a church.

These are the site photos of the subject property and also the adjustment property and the Randall Mill Road.

Primary access to the site will be off of Randall Mill Road.

And the townhomes will be accessed off of a 25 feet private access easement as shown.

The floor plan for the first and second floor are provided here.

The unit one and unit three are similar in layout, and the unit two has a different layout and has a much larger living space than unit one and unit three.

These are the elevations that are being proposed, and the plan proposes brick and cementitude fiber board on all the facades, primarily brick on the first floor and cementitude fiber board on the second floor.

The south elevation that will be facing the Randall Mill Road is 100% brick.

The roofs picture the roofs feature a pitched design with an asphalt single covering and a minimum roof pitcher 4 is to 12.

The garage is aligned with the building facade and features a single single door entry.

The pedestrian entrance for unit one and unit three are on the sides of the building, and the entrance to the unit two is in the front of the private drive.

Variations in building facades and window placements are integrated to add character and establish an identity to the community.

I'm gonna go back to the site plan.

The private drive that is proposed is to be 25 feet wide.

However, the fire department must have access to all the portions of the structure within 150 feet of an approved fire line.

The applicant has demonstrated that the fire line would be required only for a portion of a driveway, like right here, and they have provided visitor parallel parking spaces here in the back.

With regards to the landscaping, the unified development code requires all single family attached developments to meet either one of two options either provide a 30% vegetative cover or at least strict shrubs and one tree in front of the townhomes.

Since the private driveway is along the front of the homes, this will be a deviation.

The UDC also requires a 15 feet buffer yard here along the western, sorry, along the eastern boundary line.

There's since there's office commercial to the east with trees layered in two rows along with the cedar or redwood fence with metal posts, metal brackets, and metal caps.

The applicant has provided a six feet buffer with one rows of trees, except for the visitor parking space that is encroaching into the six feet buffer.

Also, there's the plan shows a six feet cedar wood fence not just along the eastern property line but also on the western property line and the northern property line.

The fencing does not extend into the seven feet set back here.

With the property being located in the EDO overlay, that is the entertainment district overlay.

The code also requires for street trees, tree lawns, public realm accessories, public round street furniture, and common open space requirements.